Egmont (electoral district)

Egmont

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Egmont in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Gail Shea Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	34,814
Electors (2011)	26,878
Area (km²)	1,527
Pop. density (per km²)	22.8
Census divisions	Prince
Census subdivisions	Cities: Summerside Towns: Alberton Miscouche O'Leary Villages: Abram Village, Linkletter, Miminegash, St. Louis, Sherbrooke, Tignish, Tyne Valley, Wellington First Nations reserves: Lennox Island 1 Lots: Lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 35,208.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 87.9% English, 10.9% French
Religions: 54.1% Catholic, 38.4% Protestant, 1.8% Other Christian, 5.5% no affiliation
Average income: $22,065

Geography

The district includes the part of Prince County located in Summerside and west of Summerside. Communities include Summerside, Alberton, Tignish, O'Leary, Miscouche and Sherbrooke. The area is 1,527 km².

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Prince riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Prince prior to 1968
28th	1968–1972		David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984		George Henderson	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Joe McGuire	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Gail Shea	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gail Shea	10,467	54.65	+10.72
	Liberal	Guy Gallant	5,997	31.31	-12.32
	New Democratic	Jacquie Robichaud	2,369	12.37	3.32
	Green	Carl Arnold	320	1.67	-1.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,153	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155	0.80	+0.18
Turnout			19,308	71.67	+3.0
Eligible voters			26,941	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gail Shea	8,110	43.93	+12.97	$52,974
	Liberal	Keith Milligan	8,055	43.63	-9.54	$45,008
	New Democratic	Orville Lewis	1,670	9.05	-0.50	$2,245
	Green	Rebecca Ridlington	626	3.39	-1.80	$2,685
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,461	100.00	$67,686
Total rejected ballots			115	0.62
Turnout			18,576	68.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-11.3

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,288	53.17	-2.28
	Conservative	Edward Guergis	5,991	30.96	+1.87
	New Democratic	Regena Kaye Russell	1,847	9.55	-2.03
	Green	Ron Matsusaki	1,005	5.19	+1.30
	Independent	Michael Nesbitt	219	1.13
Total valid votes			19,350	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,220	55.44	+5.39
	Conservative	Reg Harper	5,363	29.09	-14.67
	New Democratic	Regena Kaye Russell	2,133	11.57	+5.39
	Green	Irene Novaczek	717	3.89
Total valid votes			18,433	100.00

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	9,227	50.05	+1.63
	Progressive Conservative	John Griffin	7,116	38.60	-5.58
	New Democratic	Nancy Wallace	1,139	6.18	-1.23
	Alliance	Jeff Sullivan	952	5.16
Total valid votes			18,434	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	8,498	48.42	-9.29
	Progressive Conservative	John J. MacDonald	7,754	44.18	+6.70
	New Democratic	Adelard Pitre	1,300	7.41	+2.60
Total valid votes			17,552	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,547	57.71	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Basil L. Stewart	6,850	37.48	-1.92
	New Democratic	Basil Brian Dumville	880	4.81	-2.71
Total valid votes			18,277	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Joe McGuire	10,158	53.09	+3.31
	Progressive Conservative	Prowse Chappell	7,538	39.40	-5.18
	New Democratic	Irene N. Dyment	1,438	7.52	+1.88
Total valid votes			19,134	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	George Henderson	8,777	49.78	-2.59
	Progressive Conservative	George Dewar	7,859	44.58	+1.95
	New Democratic	Wain Munro	994	5.64	+0.64
Total valid votes			17,630	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	George Henderson	8,639	52.37	+12.93
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,033	42.63	-13.44
	New Democratic	Vincent Gallant	824	5.00	+0.51
Total valid votes			16,496	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	8,861	56.07	+3.82
	Liberal	Bill Reese	6,233	39.44	-4.81
	New Democratic	Vincent Gallant	710	4.49	+0.98
Total valid votes			15,804	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,583	52.25	-3.53
	Liberal	Bill Reese	6,422	44.25	+3.97
	New Democratic	Cletus Shea	509	3.51	-0.04
Total valid votes			14,514	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,868	55.78	+2.26
	Liberal	George W. Olscamp	5,681	40.28	-4.02
	New Democratic	Carroll L. Kadey	501	3.55	+1.37
	Social Credit	Hugh G. Ryan	55	0.39
Total valid votes			14,105	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	7,182	53.52
	Liberal	J. Melville Campbell	5,945	44.30
	New Democratic	Harvey Dawson	292	2.18
Total valid votes			13,419	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history for Egmont (1966–) from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada